Magnolia

Pros: Thought provoking, mindful, rich stories
Cons: requires a few viewings (is that bad?)

It could have been very easy for me to dislike this film. All of the environmental factors were there : I was exhausted, it being January second at eight PM somewhere in Manhattan, and my having not slept since, literally, the previous year due to...

Pros: Outstanding characterizations, beautifully filmed.
Cons: A couple of outrageous scenes.

Magnolia is a sweeping epic in the lives of a group of interconnected individuals who don't know each other, but who's lives affect one another very strongly. The movie centers around several groups of only marginally related characters, a child...

Pros: Absorbing character studies/ Great Songs
Cons: Lacks contrasts and is ultimately bleak

Maybe I didn’t get it, but I’m still trying to understand why they call this film "Magnolia." "Self-centered" would be more to the point. Absorbing as all hell though…and "hell" is pretty much what we get…a hefty 3 hours of...

Pros: definitely the frogs!
Cons: Julianne Moore's teeth (sorry, but they did bother me)

P.T. Anderson must be a really interesting person to talk to........this film is very original, personal, intriguing, and captivating for many reasons that are incredibly hard to describe. All of us know all the different characters that are portrayed...

Pros: well put together, characters excellently portrayed and believable, good telling of a story for each character
Cons: very long, no plot except to tell of the life of each character, confusing, slow moving

Magnolia is a movie that tells about the chance intersection of the lives of these different people. You have the game show host, his wife, the kid genius, the washed out kid genius, the cop, the millionaire, his son, his wife, his caretaker. All...

Pros: Excellent story and cast, beautifully directed and look of the film, thought provoking
Cons: There is nothing bad about this film.

If there is a person who cares about quality, acting, plot, story and dialogue, then it is P.T. Anderson. Anderson made his mark in film history with Hard Eight which was spectacular and hasn't let up since. Magnolia is home to many, many talented...

Pros: Great Film
Cons: None

Magnolia is a masterpiece of a film. In the form of Short Cuts or Nashville, this is a massive movie of many different interconnecting stories that all revolve around a TV game show. Now bear with the me, the movie is three hours long, but the wait is...

Pros: I did not find a single one.
Cons: It was released

This is a movie, which passes the critic's review just because it is completely strange. You can tell me I have no depth but at least I don't fall for the idiotic and untalented effort to palm off a strange compilation of world's wacky people as a...

Pros: Great performances by great actors
Cons: Too jumbled, confusing and long

I REALLY wanted to like this movie. Paul Anderson's previous work, "Boogie Nights" was fairly good, albeit a bit long. I went into "Magnolia" expecting to see a more refined film than "Nights", but what I got was a long,...

Pros: Makes you think; Doesn't just give away the plot line; You will talk about it the whole way home
Cons: You have to really pay attention to what is said; It can get really confusing

My seeing this movie was a pure accident. When I first saw the previews for it on tv I thought that it was another one of the strange and boring movies that Tom Cruise has been in lately. But when I went to the movies with my big sister and the movie...

Pros: Powerful acting, writing
Cons: Overly long, constant music

'Magnolia' is the sprawling, character-filled third film of writer-director P.T. Anderson. It is a brilliant film. It is also a mess. It is a brilliant mess.

Anderson's 'Boogie Nights' was an epic-length film in search of an epic story....

Pros: performances, special effects
Cons: pointless, pretentious, too long

At the end of Magnolia, I stumbled into the lobby of the theater, into a pool of very annoyed people saying things like "What was that?" My answer: that was a good portion of your day, wasted.

I was very excited to see this film,...

Pros: Wonderful Acting and Original Story
Cons: End may leave some confused

Paul Thomas Anderson's new film "Magnolia" proves all those who thought "Boogie Nights" was a fluke, dead wrong. This film follows a day in the life of about ten main characters. We learn their insecurities, their faults, their...

Pros: Great directing, acting. Keeps you guessing
Cons: confusing at first, little too long

It seems as though every year there is a new movie that takes a few hours or days to set in. Leaving the theater after a 3+ hour movie that you are still trying to comprehend the objective you might be a little negative. I know I was at first. The...

Pros: acting, directing, the ending
Cons: a little to long

For all you people out there who ever wonder why weird things happen, this movie will have leave you wondering what the heck just happened. Directed by P.T. Anderson, who brought us the strange but interesting "Boogie Nights", this movie is...